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#1 2012-02-27 16:25:23
- Worried Man
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Maintaining the wardrobe...
How do you go about managing your wardrobe? Mine is slowly reaching critical stage and I'm running out of room. It's the result of having far too many items I never wear, but then just not being able to bring myself to toss them when it really comes down to it. I have shirts I've maybe worn once or twice, and some I'm not even sure if I've worn ever. It's not as bad with trousers and shoes, but when it comes to shirts and sweaters, I'm overrun. I literally have to pry shirts and sweaters in and out of my closet, and that's not good at all for the shape of the garment, especially collars. Not to mention, I'm always encountering that one item I can't do without, or I find a "deal." It's getting troublesome. Any of you have a routine, a sort of spring cleaning of the closet, to which you adhere? Must you toss or trade a lesser worn item for something new? Help!
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#2 2012-02-27 19:53:51
- captainpreppy
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Re: Maintaining the wardrobe...
Don't you really have just two options in this case?
Be content with what you have
or
Cull ruthlessly.
A third option, I suppose, would be to rent a storage locker to accommodate less commonly used items you can't part with. I believe Cary Grant had such an arrangement. If I remember Richard Torregosa's book about him correctly, he ended up with about 250 suits alone.
#3 2012-02-27 21:54:27
- fxh
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Re: Maintaining the wardrobe...
Eventually we all have to come out of the closet.
#5 2012-03-06 05:00:12
- 4F Hepcat
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Re: Maintaining the wardrobe...
Often I am imbued with a notion of casting out and to pare down to the absolute minimalist essentials: ‘tis a fancy that's all.
Which means that I have wardrobes, draws and an upstairs utility room filled to the brim with shirts, jackets and suits I never wear.
Now that I am back into vinyl, the issue of storage in a moderately sized house including garage and a family is likely to become acute in the medium term. The only solution is to cull and purge ruthlessly in a Stalinesque pique of wardrobe cleansing.
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#6 2012-03-06 08:27:34
- Simon
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Re: Maintaining the wardrobe...
I have learnt that culling only creates room and spare coat hangers. This in return allows the purchase as theres room in the wardrobe(s) for it. Better to look at garments you like and think to yourself; 'I can't buy another shirt', when you already have 50 and only wear 10 of them. If I threw out the other 40 I know I'd replace them within 2 years. I have 3 or 4 shirts that I've never worn in the 18 months I've had them. That said I still know I shall buy a cotton/linen Van Laack jobbie after work thursday. I'm hopeless really.
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#7 2012-03-06 08:31:45
- Simon
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Re: Maintaining the wardrobe...
Blatant Modernist.
#8 2012-03-06 10:10:21
- Bishop of Briggs
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Re: Maintaining the wardrobe...
I would be wary of chucking anything that you like and is not worn out. Having lost weight this year, I can now get into jackets, trousers and shirts that have been stored in my attic for the last 10 years. A few shirts are a bit tight on the collar but I will shorten their sleeves to wear on holiday. For anything that you have not worn much, you could try selling them on Ebay.
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#9 2012-03-06 11:15:22
- Chévere
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Re: Maintaining the wardrobe...
Recently i donated to Goodwill a fused construction, cheap imitation tweed, low armhole jacket that I bought at Macy's 3 years ago. Of approximate quality and construction to the one seen in my avatar yet totally devoid of its roguish charm.
Yesterday i felt like wearing it, so now I'm indignant that some philistine may be wearing it.
Yes, it is worrisome, but more so that I wrote about it.
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#10 2012-03-06 11:23:59
- Big Tony
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Re: Maintaining the wardrobe...
I agree there's no reason to get rid of stuff that fits, but even stuff that is too small might be worth keeping especially as you get older and the prospect of weight loss due to terminal illness means you get to wear those old favourites from your youth for a few final months.
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#12 2012-03-09 18:02:03
- eg
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Re: Maintaining the wardrobe...
I dunno -- mostly at the stage now where I have a "one in; one out" policy in effect.